Cuff link



J. KOWALL.

CUFF LINK. APPLICATION FILED MAR 16, 1921.

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UNITED mm PATENT orrics' JULIUS KOWALL, ,OF NEWARK, NEW J corn LIN Application fil ed March 16, 1921v Serial ,No. 452,657.

To all whom itmay concern 1 v Be it known that I, Jnnros K WALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cuff Links; and I hereby d'eclarethat the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying- 10 drawings,

which form part of the specification. r 1

My invention relates to cuff-links or cuffbuttons and has for one object connecting and binding together the ends of a cuff and being adapted to present an attractive appearance. p n v To perform the above HIQDiZIOIlGCl'PlllPOSG I bend a rod of material upon itself forming two-loops and then bend the ends of the material, respectively back upon themselves in a reverse bend forming two arms of equal length with the loops between said arm members said arms being adapted to pass through the holes of a cult and to then elas ticl clamatop'ether bv means ofknobed ends, and slight reciprocating reversebends at the point of interlocking contact.

The cuff ends are thus pinched between the loops and respectivearms member, each cuff end being heldin a three point suspension. Onepoint on the arm member and the respective loops points of contact.

In the open position the knobs are slightly separated to admit of the arms passing ings AA. denotethe arm members of my cu'lf 5O link, a and the loops formed intermediate providing the other two the arm members, (Z the bends in the arm members which rest against the edges of the cuff holes 0, o. D denotes the balls or knobs surmounting the ends of the arm me1nbers,,

l --brepresent the bends in the arms members at the point of interlocking contact of the arm members. E represents a conventionalcuff. I

In the drawings I have preferred to show my cuff link with two loops, thearin mem bers extending rearwardly from the loops and then bending in reverse curves outwardly and continuing the bent, until the arm members engage in front of the loops.

It is also evident that I can extend the armsrearwardly and then continue bending in a like direction to formthe arms as above mentioned.

It is also evident that the loops ofmy device keep the cuff separated or in other words do not crush the natural even symmetrical bend of the conventional cuff.

It will also-be seen from'the drawings and description that my cuff link is formed of a pliable elast c material and in fact forms a spring. -The arms springing apart as soon as the ball members are disengaged.

Claims: i

1. A cuff-link consisting of a bar member twisted upon. itself to form two loops intermediate two arm members said loops being adapted to separate the ends of a cuff and said arm members to pass through the holes of said ends and adapted to interlock each other beyond said ends, said arm members being also respectively adapted to clamp respective end of the said cuff between said arm and said loops.

A cuff-link comprising an open spring member having ends of said Springmember bent in reverse directions and'provided;

with interlocking knobs or balls, two intea riorly formed loops centrally placed in respect to the arm members forming a spring member and adapted topinchacufi between said loop members andsaid arm members when the said knobs are interlocked.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing,

as my own, I aflix my'signature.

JULIUS KOWALL! 

